This patch series adds partial file read support to the kernel via kernel_pread_file functions. request_firmware_into_buf function enhanced to allow partial file read support and single qcom driver using existing function updated. Change to core kernel file support allows new drivers to read partial file to memory as necessary in memory constrained systems. Scott Branden (3): fs: introduce kernel_pread_file* support firmware: add offset to request_firmware_into_buf soc: qcom: mdt_loader: add offset to request_firmware_into_buf drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h | 5 ++ drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 49 +++++++++++----- drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c | 7 ++- fs/exec.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++------ include/linux/firmware.h | 8 ++- include/linux/fs.h | 15 +++++ 6 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) -- 2.17.1
